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CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting at a Chicago hospital has wounded multiple people, including a suspect and a police officer, authorities said. Shots were fired Monday afternoon at Mercy Hospital on the city’s South Side, and officers

EARLVILLE – A micro food pantry is making its way to Earlville on Tuesday! Jeff Eberhard, the creator of over 30 micro food pantries across, LaSalle, Grundy Will and Cook county, will be placing his 38th micro

PERU – The modular structure that will be the home of the new MRI unit at Illinois Valley Community Hospital was lifted into place on Thursday, November 15th. The 40-ton addition to the hospital’s diagnostic imaging department

Illinois Valley Community College hosts “Coping Strategies for Managing Stress, Holidays, and Finals!” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20 in Room CTC125. Participants will enjoy a relaxing hour of mindfulness activities. These awareness techniques may

STREATOR – A 60-year Streator man has died after a traffic crash Monday morning. Around 8 a.m. Streator Police were called to a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of Park and Bridge St. The man, whose identity

CHICAGO (AP) — People rescued from a trapped elevator in one of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers later learned they had dropped 84 floors. On Monday that six people, including a pregnant woman, got into the elevator early Friday

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has given a green light to a transgender performance artist’s lawsuit challenging a Chicago ordinance prohibiting women but not men from exposing their breasts in certain public venues. The Chicago Daily

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago police commander has been charged with stealing Social Security funds in a scheme lasting more than 23 years. Kenneth Johnson is accused in U.S. District Court of bilking the Social Security

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois medical marijuana companies are working to expand as they expect opportunities to grow after years of stagnation, given recent legislation to expand access to medical marijuana and the election of a weed-friendly governor.

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Republican Rick Scott, Florida’s outgoing governor, was declared the winner of the state’s U.S. Senate race on Sunday. This comes following a manual recount of ballots in the tight contest against three-term Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. In

Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc, who is accused of mailing explosive devices to prominent Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump last month, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he used weapons of mass destruction in a

In a story that grabbed national attention, a New Jersey couple raised more than $400,000 to help a homeless good Samaritan. However, prosecutors said on Thursday that the story was built on deception and all three parties

Just one day after the Office of the First Lady released a statement publicly criticizing Deputy National Security Adviser Mira Ricardel, the White House on Wednesday announced that she will be leaving her post. White House press

Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, made bail Wednesday evening after his arrest earlier on domestic violence charges. Avenatti appeared before a group of reporters and said he will be “fully exonerated,” denying

British Prime Minister Theresa May has won the backing of her Cabinet for a draft Brexit deal. May said it was a “decisive step” in the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union and would allow the agreement

After a year of anticipation, Amazon has picked two locations for its HQ2 project. On Tuesday Amazon announced that Long Island City in New York City’s Queens borough and National Landing in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, DC